John Alexander Macdonald, PC

Queen's Privy Council for Canada

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 (April 12, 1874 – November 15, 1948) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Tracadie, Prince Edward Island

Tracadie, Prince Edward Island

Tracadie is a Canadian rural community in Queens County, Prince Edward Island.It is located southwest of Mount Stewart.The name Tracadie, which is of Mi'kmaq origin, means "ideal camping location"....

, the son of John Charles Macdonald, he represented 3rd Kings

3rd Kings

3rd Kings was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1993.The district comprised the western central portion of Kings County....

 in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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 from 1908 to 1915 and from 1923 to 1925 as a Conservative

Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party

The Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island is one of two major political parties on Prince Edward Island. It and its rival, the Liberals have alternated in power since responsible government was granted in 1851 and are the only two parties represented in the PEI Legislative...

 member. Macdonald served in the provincial cabinet as Minister without Portfolio from 1911 to 1915 and as Minister of Public Works and Highways from 1923 to 1925. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 in the riding of King's

King's (Prince Edward Island electoral district)

King's was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1968.This riding was created from King's County riding....

 in the 1925 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1925

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. A Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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, he was re-elected in 1926

Canadian federal election, 1926

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 and 1930

Canadian federal election, 1930

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. Macdonald was a Minister without Portfolio in the federal cabinet in 1926 and from 1930 to 1935. In 1935, he was called to the Canadian Senate

Canadian Senate

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 representing the senatorial division of Cardigan, Prince Edward Island. He served until his death in Cardigan

Cardigan, Prince Edward Island

Cardigan, Prince Edward Island is a Canadian fishing community in eastern Kings County, Prince Edward Island.The community is named after James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan, later Duke of Monague...

 in 1948.

Macdonald was a merchant, exporter and shipbuilder. He was also a director of the Cardigan Electric Company, the Cardigan Silver Fox Company Limited and the Georgetown Fish Company. In 1905, he married Marie Josephine MacDonald.

His son John Augustine

John Augustine Macdonald

John Augustine Macdonald was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Cardigan, Prince Edward Island becoming a potato grower, general merchant, produce dealer by career....

 also represented the riding of King's in the House of Commons. John Augustine's wife Margaret Mary

Margaret Mary Macdonald

Margaret Mary Macdonald was a Canadian politician. On May 29, 1961 she became the first woman from Prince Edward Island to be represented in the House of Commons....

was the first woman from Prince Edward Island to serve in the House of Commons.